| Workshop on Spatial Planning and Geographic Information 22nd June 2004, Warsaw, Poland | ||||||||
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This one day workshop was organized by The Centre for Excellence of GI&GIT for Spatial Planning and Institute of Spatial Management and Housing in Warsaw took place in the Sheraton Warsaw a day prior to the 10th EC GI & GIS Workshop, ESDI: State of the Art. The Centre launched its activities in September 2002 in a frame of 5th FP IST-2001-38720 project. The Centre’s mission is the improvement of the spatial planning process through efficient use of geospatial information technology. The main goal of the European Union is to create the strongest economy in the world while creating the society of knowledge and information. Supporting creation of local and regional economy and putting an end to perceiving spatial planning as a factor hampering economic development are challenges for spatial planning community. At the same time one can expect that the processes of spatial planning will gradually use more and more electronic information flows and appropriate technology, including technology necessary for management of spatial information. Local communities and regions in Poland, some facing intensive growth, meet new challenges such as the absorption of structure funds. At the same time the practice of planning in a networked democracy is far from efficient. It seems that a lot can be gained in this field from knowledge exchange between old and new member countries. In general, the event is intended as an overview of trends and good practices of the use of GI&GIS in a field of Spatial Planning all over Europe. Local and regional administrative staff responsible for spatial planning, governmental and business representatives and invited experts will participate in the workshop. Programme
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